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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Marseille or San Juan?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Marseille for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’s own page.

Choose San Juan for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Marseille 72, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, San Juan 66: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, San Juan 74: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, San Juan 52: Marseille leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, San Juan 58: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, San Juan 38: Marseille leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, San Juan 38: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, San Juan 55: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, San Juan 40: San Juan leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and San Juan.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

San Juan
57match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarseilleSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleSan Juan
Official languageFrenchSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleSan Juan
City population886,040342,259
People per km²3,6832,847
Museums within 10 km2718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.